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Illustrating at a Social Distance: On Beardsley, Wilde, and ‘Salome’

Maybe Beardsley’s illustrations are divergent because he, like everybody else, couldn’t quite understand what Wilde was going for in the play.

Salome.The Importance of Being Earnest

Salome

The Yellow Book

Salome

Earnest

Curb Your EnthusiasmNew York TimesAtlantic

We should have read the one with the beautiful, disturbing pictures.

Salome

The Kingdom

J’ai baisé ta bouche Iokanaan, J’ai baisé ta bouche

Salome

Salome